will take the giant leap for womankind? More than fifty years after the end of the Apollo programme, NASA plans to return to the Moon by 2024 as a “proving ground” to test the next generation of spacecraft ahead of an eventual crewed mission to Mars. The new program has been named Artemis after Apollo’s twin-sister in Greek mythology, and the space agency has said the mission would see the first woman to stride the lunar surface. So, who will she be? No one knows for sure, but it’s a likely bet the candidate will be selected from among NASA’s current roster of 12 female astronauts.